Essay about noughts and crosses

One aspect of his meticulous painting technique was Vermeer's choice of pigments. [31] He is best known for his frequent use of the very expensive ultramarine ( The Milkmaid ), and also lead-tin-yellow ( A Lady Writing a Letter ), madder lake ( Christ in the House of Martha and Mary ), and vermilion . He also painted with ochres , bone black and azurite . [32] The claim that he utilized Indian yellow in Woman Holding a Balance [33] has been disproven by later pigment analysis. [34]

It is the favorite Cronenberg film of Korean director Chan-wook Park [13] and was voted for in the 2002 Sight & Sound poll by Lalitha Gopalan. [14] In 1999, Rolling Stone listed Dead Ringers as 95th on their list of "100 Maverick Movies". [15] Total Film placed Dead Ringers 35th on their list of the "50 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time" [16] while Entertainment Weekly placed it 20th on their list of "The 25 scariest movies of all time". [17] It was named one of "The Top 10 'True-Story' Horror Movies of All-time!" by Bloody Disgusting . [18]